Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, has been convicted of murder in the February killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard handed down the guilty verdict on Nov. 20. Ibarra had waived his right to […]
ATHENS, Ga.—Prosecutors finished calling witnesses Tuesday in the trial of the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, and the defense began presenting its case but quickly ran into snags. Jose Ibarra, 26, is charged with murder and other crimes in Riley’s February death. He waived his right to a jury trial, meaning […]
President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed that he will institute a border-related disaster declaration and use the U.S. military to carry out the mass deportation of illegal immigrants. For analysis of how such a military deployment might work in practice, NTD spoke with Eric Lionheart, a former combat controller for the U.S. military’s Special Forces.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said on Monday that she would work with President-elect Donald Trump on border-related issues such as stopping the illegal importation of fentanyl, although she signaled she would resist policies such as mass deportation of illegal immigrants. Throughout the 2024 campaign, Trump has vowed to mobilize the state to deport illegal immigrants […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that it deported a group of 109 Chinese nationals unlawfully present in the United States on a charter flight back to China on Nov. 16. The department said in a Nov. 18 press release that the latest deportation marks the third charter flight to China in less […]
A Georgia Superior Court judge heard opening statements from attorneys on Friday in an ongoing bench trial over an illegal immigrant alleged to have killed Athens, Georgia, nursing student Laken Riley. Suspect Jose Ibarra, from Venezuela, was 26 when he entered the country 18 months before the February 2024 killing of the 22-year-old at Augusta […]
Following President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge for mass deportations, Los Angeles is moving to become a “sanctuary city.” A proposed ordinance aims to block city resources from aiding federal immigration enforcement.
ATHENS, Ga.—A man on Tuesday waived his right to a jury trial in the killing of a Georgia nursing student, a case that became a flashpoint in the national immigration debate. Jose Ibarra was charged in the February killing of Laken Hope Riley, whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus. A 10-count […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that his office is preparing for changes to immigration policy under the leadership of President-elect Donald Trump. The sanctuary city is “putting in place several scenarios and we’ll respond accordingly” to address changes that may be coming out of Washington, according to the mayor on Tuesday. “We’re planning, […]
What will the U.S. border look like under the next administration? On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump named his next border czar, Tom Homan, who has big plans—and a big mandate from voters at the polls. To explore the issue, NTD spoke to Cameron Hamilton, a former division director at the Department of Homeland Security and […]
Tackling illegal immigration is a key focus for President-elect Donald Trump, who is now appointing a team to carry out his mass deportation policy and his policies to secure the Southern border. The top immigration official chosen to date is former ICE Director Tom Homan. Since retiring from ICE in 2018, Homan has worked at […]
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed former ICE Director Tom Homan to oversee the border crisis in the second Trump administration. For more on Homan’s promotion and the potential appointees in the next administration, NTD spoke with political analyst, Mike Leon.
A former director of an immigration enforcement agency will join the second Trump administration as border czar, President-elect Donald Trump said on Nov. 10. Thomas Homan will be “in charge of our nation’s borders,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. The president-elect said that there is “nobody better at policing and controlling […]
A judge has ruled that New York City cannot invoke a centuries-old “anti-pauper” law to block Texas from offering illegal immigrants free bus rides to the Big Apple. In a decision published on Nov. 7, New York Supreme Court Justice Mary Rosado dismissed a lawsuit filed in January by the commissioner of the New York […]
Two militia members, accused of saying they wanted to shoot illegal immigrants, were convicted by a federal trial jury in Jefferson City, Missouri, on Thursday for conspiring to murder U.S. Border Patrol agents and the attempted murder of FBI agents. Jonathan O’Dell, 34, of Warsaw, Missouri, and Bryan Perry, 39, of Clarksville, Tennessee, were each […]
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas—Jorge Bazán’s family has lived on the U.S.–Mexico border for generations and voted for Democrats as long as he can remember. He broke the family tradition this year and voted for Donald Trump because he doesn’t trust the Democratic Party’s economic policies. “I think they forgot about the middle class,” said Bazán, […]
A Texas federal judge on Thursday struck down a Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) rule that allows illegal immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens to apply for residency. The ruling sets aside a “parole in place” process announced in August that would have meant the illegal immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens could apply for legal status […]
